Monday, September 19, 2011

At 11:24 am, Crosby Fox turned 2 years and 38 weeks old!!! It has been a low key kind of week. Not too much going on, which I appreciated coming off the previous weekend! Once again, I was a slacker at pulling out the camera. I did manage to catch this sweet moment between father and son on Friday night...

We had just been out for dinner at a local Mexican restaurant, hence the soccer jersey Blake was sporting! When we got home, the boys curled up on the couch and read a few books. Crosby is still a big fan of reading books. I am pretty sure we could read for hours each day. Love that!

On Saturday, we headed south to Columbia. Pop is such a handyman. He offered to save us a buck and change our brake pads. Fortunately, he had a helper...

Yep! Crosby assisted on the project! My dad used the jack while Crosby manned the wrench..

I am pretty sure he was just sticking the wrench in the holes of the hubcap and twisting. But I am sure it was helpful...

Once Pop got the lug nuts loose, Crosby was able to help take them off...

I am fairly confident that Pop could have finished the job in half the time had his "helper"not been there. But he wouldn't have had it any other way...

In the end, we had to lose the pants because he kept getting brake dust and grease on them. And I still haven't attempted to get that out! Yikes! Let's hope Dawn does the trick.

My little man has hit a phase the past month or so and it is breaking my heart. The kiddo that loved going to school now cries before we even leave the house. He spends the entire (2 minute) drive saying he is not going to school. When we get to his classroom, the teacher had to pry him out of my arms. It is pretty horrific for me, to say the least. But he is doing it every where. He did it at church on Sunday. He did it on the way to Columbia Saturday. He did it on the way to CBS on Wednesday. My little fella is all of a sudden very attached to us and does not want to be separated. I know it is probably just a phase, but it sure makes a momma feel guilty for changing up his routine. I am hoping this phase passed soon!

On the bright side of things, Crosby got to see his first rainbow today...

There is actually a second one behind it but it is hard to see. Crosby immediately made some reference to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse when he saw it. Apparently there is an episode titled Minnie's Rainbow or something. Then he and Blake start chanting, "Rainbow, Rainbow, GO, GO, GO" from said episode. He still loves Mickey, too. I prefer the books. But at least Mickey has taught him about cylinders and spheres. Who knew!?!? And who knew that Crosby knows my phone number! I had to give it out at Advanced Auto when I bought the brake pads. I got the first 6 digits out and finished the last 4!!! Seriously, the child knows way too much information! He just grinned from ear to ear when I asked him how he knew that!!! :-)

Monday, September 12, 2011

At 11:24 am, Crosby Fox turned 2 years and 37 months old!!! Yes. We are still here and all is well. The last week was absolutely nuts. So nuts that I didn't pick up the camera one time. Yes. I cheated. These pictures are from today. And today is technically Thursday. But, I have a really good excuse for being so behind. I am not sure who is to blame but it is either Dulles airport or United Airlines. Let's just say I am not a fan of either at the moment.

I had a lymphedema course to take in Pittsburgh over the weekend. The original plan was to leave Nashville at 12ish and arrive in Pittsburgh at 6:30ish. That would leave me plenty of time to get settled in my room and get plenty of rest for and 8-6 lecture on Saturday. That was the plan. All was going smoothly until we landed in D.C. at Dulles. We sat on the tarmac for 15 minutes waiting for the gate to open up. I knew it was going to be tight to get from one gate to the next. To make matters worse, the flight attendants had no gate information for us. I got of the plan and walked into a VERY hectic terminal. Made the call to go right to find a board with departure information. Of course it was 100+ yards away. And of course it was in the opposite direction. I took off toward my gate and noticed I had 6 minutes until the plan was set to leave. 4 minutes later, I ran up to the gate only to find 2 other folks standing there, out of breath, looking at a closed door. We were all on the flight from Nashville and we had all missed our connection. Lovely. I waited in a customer service line for an hour to have my flight pushed back to 10:20. That left me with 4+ hours to blow at Dulles and would have me to my hotel around midnight if I was lucky. But I wasn't. We boarded the plane and sat in it for an hour waiting for extra fuel due to bad weather. Double whammy. The only positive to this was we sat there so long we missed the weather we were adding extra fuel to avoid! I finally landed it Pittsburgh at 1:15 am. I checked in for my shuttle and was told it would be THIRTY FIVE minutes before they could pick me up. Ummmm, no. I could not stand outside an airport, by myself at 1:30 in the morning for another 35 minutes. I said I wanted to cancel the pickup and would just take a taxi. The taxi ride would only cost me EIGHTY DOLLARS!!! Thankfully he was taking another passanger further so I got a $20 discount for riding with him. I didn't care at that point. I just wanted to get to my room and go to bed. I am pretty sure I couldn't have gotten there any faster. George, the cab driver, was a mad man behind the wheel of the minivan. I feared for my life a few times... Anyway, he got me to Pittsburgh by 2:15. I was in bed by 2:30am and MAY have fallen asleep by 3:00am. It didn't really matter when the alarm when off at 6:45am. The course was awesome. But that didn't really matter either considering I was going on 3.5 hours of sleep. I struggled all day to keep my eyes open. Rather miserable!

We finished up the course on Sunday a tad early, 3:30pm. A classmate was kind enough to offer me a ride to the airport. No cabs or shuttle thankfully. I got there in plenty of time. Boarded my plane and headed to...Dulles. Of course the flight attendants had no gate information. But we checked that out on the computer before we took off so I felt confident. We landed and made it to my connection with no problem. We boarded the plane 5 minutes late but no big deal. I could handle 5 minutes. Then we sat. And sat. AND SAT. An hour and a half total. Come to find out, a baggage guy broke the "curtain" rod that covers the cargo door and protects if from luggage. The cargo door was deemed damaged and the plane could not fly with any luggage on board. They also needed 3 people to get off the plane. By that time, I was going to have to ask sweet Melissa to pick me up at 2:00am and I just couldn't do that to her. So I just got of the plane. Sure, United put me up in the Westin, paid my taxi drive there and gave me a $15 food voucher. All I really wanted was to go home, to my bed and see my boys!! I ended up making back to Nashville Monday morning at 9:10am. And my flight was even a little early. What?

As if travel woes weren't enough, my sweet Crosby cried every time we talked over the weekend. "Hold you, Mommy!!!! Hold you!!!" Nothing like telling your little one you can't love on them. Break my heart. And how terrible I felt for promising I would come in and give Crosby hugs on Sunday night when I got in. Not that he remembered but I sure did. I felt even worse on Monday because I was basically a useless mother. I let him watch the Disney channel most of the morning while I was in and out of sleep. Of course I was OUT when he took his nap. I still wasn't caught up on Tuesday and took another 3+ hour, full of crazy dreams, nap. I am finally feeling like I am back to normal! On Thursday! I know that was a boring story, but I just had to vent about it one more time!!! :-)

Switching gears to the one that really matters around here, Crosby Fox mastered his tricycle last week and I finally got pictures to document it...

Monday, September 5, 2011

At 11:24 am, Crosby Fox turned 2 years and 36 weeks old!!! On Friday, his dad turned 1 year older! Crosby and I had big plans for Friday morning. When I was giving him a bath Thursday night, I made the mistake of telling him we were going to get up early and make pancakes and bacon for Daddy first thing in the morning!! Wouldn't you know Blake walked no more than 10 seconds after our conversation ended. Crosby yells out, "Gonna eat pancakes and bacon, Daddy?" Fortunately I was thinking on my toes and claimed he was confused about Charlottle's birthday party (which was Saturday) having pancakes and bacon like Leighton's party. Blake fell for it. Crosby looked at me like I had 2 heads! Oh well...nevermind the "Blake fell for it" part. I was just informed that he figured it out. Way to ruin it Danielle!!

Birthday Breakfast with Daddy...

At least I remembered to pull out the "special" plate I made for us to use on special days!

Saturday was Charlotte's 2nd birthday. It was too precious. I took lots of pictures. Problem is, I used Anne Claire's camera. And she has it at her house. So....I will have to post those when I get my hands on her camera. It is definitely worthy of a post! The decorations were just adorable. She even had a matching dress...

We gathered again on Sunday to celebrate Blake's birthday with the family. He opened gifts after lunch with a little assistance from the kiddos. There may have been a struggle at moments over who would help open gifts...

But it all worked out in the end...

Blake has been spending a lot of his free time fishing lately. Lucy decided to have a fishing cake made for his birthday. We all found it pretty humorous!

We headed to my parents later in the afternoon. Crosby has been so excited to show us his new truck...

I am still shocked that my father, Danny Lipscomb, has a Ford truck parked in his garage. Between 2 Chevrolets nonetheless! The things grandparents will do for their grandchildren...

About Me

I was the lucky gal to snatch up Blake waaaaaaaaaay back in 1996...9th grade!!! After 4 years of high school and 4 years of college, we finally tied the knot. Hopping from Tennessee to Kentucky to Alabama over the course of 6 years, we are proud to call Nashville our home, sweet home.
We are a family of five, although you only see three. Finley and Caroline
graced us with their presence for a brief moment on this earth before receiving their angel wings. Crobsy, their little brother, has stolen our hearts and has filled our lives with joy.
Through the ups and the downs on this journey of life, we know we have truly been blessed...